Cabinet.



No. 742,646. PATENTBD GT. 27, 1903. H. D. HBRMANY.

CABINET.

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srnorrroa'rron forming part of Letters Patent No. 742,646, dated october 27, i903. Application led July 10, 1903. Serial-No. 16 5,004. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, HORACE D. HERMANY, a citizen of the United-States, residing at Mahanoy City, in the county of Schuylkill, State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a cabinet which is provided with shelves which may prima- .o rily occupy an elevated position, and each shelf may be successively lowered, so as to present the contents thereof to the front, so as to be readily accessible, after which the shelf may be restored toits normal position. x5 The invention will be found particularly serviceable for druggists who desire certain materials, medicines, &c.-such as poisons, liniments for external use, dre-specially located or disposed of, so as to avoid mistakes zo in dispensing.

Figure l represents a horizontal section on line 0cm, Fig. 3, of the cabinet embodying myv invention. thereof. on line y y, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 represents a section of a modication.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a 3o cabinet in which are the shelves B C, which are adapted to be raised and lowered and are connected with cords D D', passed around the pulleys F F after the manner of sash cords, said cords having attached to them 3 5 the sash-weights D2. The shelves are placed one in front of the other, may be lowered so as to bring the contents of the same within reach, after which the shelf will be raised and so placed out of the way '4o in the upper part of the cabinet, it being noticed that said part has `glass sashes G at the frontof the same, so that the shelves when raised are covered. The central shelves B occupy only a portion of the space of the cabinet, so that the other portion which is in front of the shelves may receive appurtenances of the business, such as a scale, the

Fig. 2 represents a front View same being supported on the base H of the cabinet. The cords D for the central shelves 5o are arranged transversely, and the portions are located in accordance therewith.

In this Fig. 3 represents a vertical section and either shelf case the cords are also staggered, so that they may be connected in their order with the several shelves.

ln Fig. 1 the board J, on which the pulleys F are mounted, is removed, so as to uncover the members below the same. The side shelves have their sash-cords in the longitudinal direction of the cabinet, and consequently transversely to the sash-cords of the central shelves; but in either case the sashes are balanced, so as to occupy the position in which they may be placed and. be moved in an easy and convenient manner. l

In lieu of the weights D2, l may use springs D3 to balance the sashes, a form of the same being shown in Fig. 4, without, however, producing different results.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A cabinet comprising rear and side walls, a front wall covering its upper portion only and a plurality of shelves one behind the other, each of which is separately capable of vertical adjustment so that said shelves may be retained behind said front Wall when in a raised position and be exposed when in a lowered position. 2. A cabinet comprising rear and side walls, a translucent front wall covering its upper portion only, and a plurality of shelves one behind the other, each of which is separately capable of vertical adjustment so that said shelves may be retained behind said front wall when in a raised position and be exposed when in a lowered position.

3. A cabinet comprising rear and side walls, a translucent front wall covering its upper portion only, a plurality of shelves one behind thefother, each of which is separately capable of vertical 'adjustment so that said shelves may be retained behind said front wall when in araised position and be exposed when in a lowered position and weighted cords connected with said shelves and passing over pulleys on the cabinet, said, cords and pulley being staggered.

. HORACE D. l-IERMANY. Witnesses:

D. A. BOWMAN, JOHN I. MATHIAS. 

